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Frederick Douglass was born in Talbot County, Marlyland. His mother was Harriet Bailey and his father was rumored to be his master.
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Since his youth, Douglass lived on a plantation called "Great House farm" and belonged to Colonel Edward Lloyd.
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Frederick was told that he was being sent to work for Hugh Auld. Lucretia suggested him to wash up and provided Douglass with a new pair of pants.
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When living with the Aulds, Mrs. Auld begins to teach Douglass how to read and write. Mr. Auld finds out and forbids it by suggesting it was unsafe.
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Douglass returns to the "Great House Farm", due to his master's death. Douglass was passed onto Captain Anthony's daughter, Mrs. Lucretia, and i returned to Baltimore.
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Douglass reads "The Colombian Orator", which described his feeling towards slavery and evens learns about the word, "abolition".
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After Mrs. Lucretia died, her husband remarries, but Douglass has some issues and is sent to Sr. Michael's Maryland to Master Thomas.
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Douglass's master Thomas, then sends him to live and work for Mr. Convoy.
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When Douglass becomes ill Mr. Convoy continues to whip him, so he tries to complain to Mr. Auld but is rejected and sent back to Mr. Convoy, then Douglass makes a vow the he would never be whipped again.
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Douglass is sent to work for Mr. William Freeland who turns out to be much nicer to the enslaved people. Mr. Freeland even opens a school for the slaves.
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Douglass and other fellow slaves were trying to figure out how to escape but were soon discovered and were sent to jail. Douglass is then sent back to Baltimore.
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Douglass begins to work in a shipyard in Baltimore and although he runs into issues with some white carpenters, Douglass begins to earn wages but must give all of his money back to Mr. Auld
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Douglass creates a deal with Mr. Thomas Auld in order for him to earn more money (which would be used to escape to freedom).
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In September Douglass manages to save enough money for him to escape to New York.
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Douglass decides to marry Anna Murray (which was important since slaves were not allowed to be married) they decided to move to New Bedford Massachusetts.
